Side stake for railway cars



June 12, 1934. w. F. KIESEL, JR

SIDE STAKE FOR RAILWAY CARS Original Filed March 7, 1931 FIGEH- INVENTOR: Wz'i/z'am ['7 11 12356], J2.

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WITNESSES Patented June 12, 1934 UNITED STATES ATEZNT FFICE Divided and this application September 23, 1931, Serial No. 564,618

6 Claims.

This invention relates to side stakes for railway cars, especially gondola cars, the present application constituting a division of my pending application for U. S. Letters Patent, Serial No. 520,797, filed March '7, 1931, wherein a complete railway car is described.

The object of my invention is to provide a car side stake, preferably designed for location adjacent to the ends of a body bolster, with formations thereon which perform functions customarily performed by separate attachments, and thus to simplify the car construction by reduction of the number of attachments required to be manufactured and assembled together.

Other more specific objects and advantages characterizing my invention will become more fully apparent from the description hereinafter of one embodiment or example thereof, having reference to the accompanying drawing. Of the drawing:

Fig. I represents a side elevation of one end of a gondola car equipped with side stakes of my invention;

Fig. II represents a cross section of one side truss of the car taken as indicated by the lines IIII of Fig. I; and

Fig. III represents a perspective View of a side stake by itself.

There is shown in the drawing a portion of a relatively long low sided gondola car having side trusses particularly adapted for carrying superimposed loads. Each side truss comprises generally a top chord 1, a bottom chord 2 in the form of a flat plate, and side stakes, designated at 3 and 4, connecting the top and bottom chords at intervals of their length. The side walls comprise plates 5 which, as shown in Fig. 11, are riveted to the top chords 1, to the bottom chords 2, to the side stakes 3 and 4, to the floor plate 6, and to the ends of the body bolsters '7. At the end of the car corner castings 8 are joined to the ends of the side trusses, preferably in the manner described in my pending application for U. S. Letters Patent, Serial No. 520,798, filed March '7, 1931.

In the present example of my invention the top chord 1 of each side truss is in the form of a Z-bar of which, as shown in Fig. II, the web 9 is disposed horizontally and riveted to flanges 10 at the tops of the side stakes 3 and 4. A downturned flange 11 on the inside of the top chord 1 is joined to the inner sides of the side stakes by rivets which also pass through the plates 5 forming the side walls of the car. At the outside of each top chord 1 there is an upturned flange 12 which serves as an abutment preventing transverse shifting of bearing pieces when the car is carrying superimposed loads.

As clearly shown in the perspective view of Fig. III the side stakes 3, which are located at the ends of the body bolsters '1, are castings of special formation. These side stakes 3 are of troughshaped section throughout, including the walls or flanges 13 which are secured to the side plates 5 of the car and walls extending substantially at right angles thereto for the length of the side stakes. At its upper end, each side stake 3 is formed with a horizontal flange 10 upon which the web 9 of a Z-bar top chord l rests and. is secured by rivets. At its bottom end, each side stake 3 is formed with a recessed portion 14 which accommodates a bottom chord 2. Adjacent to the recessed portion 14 each side stake is formed with a pad 15 which serves as a jacking pad by means of which the car may be raised from its truck. The jacking pad 15 projects horizontally inward beneath the bottom chord 2 so that in jackingthe car pressure is applied directly beneath the side truss, and shearing strains are relieved or minimized. The jacking pad 15 is also formed to provide a horizontally projecting ring 16 which is designed to be handily engaged by a hook and act as a roping staple. The troughshaped portion 17 of the side stake is tapered slightly at the top, as shown at 18, and the bottom of its web portion is cut away at 19 to permit a hook to be passed through the ring portion 16.

While I have described one'example of a side stake embodying my invention it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form of the particular side stake selected for illustration and description without departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the claims hereto annexed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A side stake for a railway car comprising a casting of trough-shaped section throughout its length terminating in a jacking pad at its lower end.

2. A side stake for a railway car comprising a casting of trough-shaped section throughout its length having at its lower end a horizontally projecting ring adapted to serve as a roping staple, the web of the trough being cut away above the ring to render the same accessible. .19

3. A side stake for a railway car comprising a casting of trough-shaped section throughout its length terminating in a combined roping staple and jacking pad at its lower end.

4. A side stake for a railway car having its L 6. A side stake for a railway car comprising a casting including a wall adapted for attachment to the side of a car, and a reinforcing wall extending outward substantially at right angles to said first wall for the length of the casting, said walls merging at their extreme lower ends with a horizontal member serving as a jacking pad, and said hsl izo t m m er being te m d i h a ring shaped portion serving as a roping staple.

WILLIAM F. KIESEL, JR. 

